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Traditional pottery business in Arakan State rebounds amid ongoing fighting

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Thinzar Nwe, Narinjara News, 4October 2024

 

The cost of metal pots, which include steel andzinc, has increased significantly since the beginning of the conflict to takecontrol of the towns in Arakan State.

 

According to local businesspeople, this has caused manybuyers to switch to more reasonably priced clay pots, which has resulted in aresurgence of the pottery sector in comparison to prior years.

 

"We've had a great yearselling. Clay pots, which were once inexpensive, are now reasonably priced.Even the clay pots that were previously unsold have been purchased. U MaungKyaw Myint, a potter from Tu Myaung Village in Kyauktaw Township, stated,"I feel extremely relieved.”

 

With prices rangingfrom 1,500 to 2,000 Kyats, clay cooking pots are becoming more and more popularamong consumers due to their huge cost savings over metal pots.

 

Potters also point out that cooking in claypots improves the flavor and aroma of food, which is why they are chosen overmetal ones.

 

Pottery manufacturers today report asignificant demand for clay cooking pots, clay ovens, drinking water pots, andlarge storage pots, despite the fact that a range of clay pots weretraditionally made.

 

A hundred clay drinking water potsused to cost between two and three hundred thousand Kyats. The cost hasreportedly increased to between 1.5 million and 1.8 million Kyats, according tolocals.

 

"I'm overjoyedthat sales of our pottery have resumed. I used to feel really miserable,"a female potter from Tu Myaung village remarked.

 

There are more than 160householdss in Tu Myaung village, and almost everyone who lives there makespottery as a living.

 

Large quantities ofthe clay pots made in Tu Myaung village are sold to the Pauktaw, Mrauk-U,Minbya, and Kyauktaw regions.

 

 

The townships ofRathedaung, Sittwe, Kyauktaw, Minbya, Pauktaw, Myebon, Kyaukphyu, and Ramreewere formerly the main hubs of the Arakan pottery industry. But because of thecontinuous fighting, a lot of these villages have stopped making pottery.

 

“The cost of zinccooking pots has gone up since the conflict started in 2023, and consumers arenow prepared to buy clay pots as soon as they are burnt. We used to deliverclay pots to villages by boat, but that practice is no longer required,’ Ma HlaThan Soe, a pottery maker from Kan Thar Village in Myebon Township, said,“People came to buy them directly.”

 

Kan Thar village ishome to roughly 300 households, with pottery acting as their traditionaloccupation.

 

With the exception ofthe rainy season, the pottery-making season normally covers winter and summer.

 

The season forcreating new pottery will begin as Tazaungmon, the celebration that follows theThadingyut festival, draws near, and potters are hoping for competitive prices.

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